John Herrman

Workers across social media are enjoying the vicarious thrill of chewing out a terrible boss. Some are even doing it.

So, there’s this oratory style that asks for validation while bulldozing through almost any topic, right?

Andy Jassy, the successor to Jeff Bezos, was already running the company’s most profitable business.

Reddit communities grow powerful in plain sight. Why do they keep taking the world by surprise?

Americans seeking getaways (or staycations) in the pandemic are putting outdoor retailers in a supply crunch.

Social networks built on public status markers are now starting to hide them.

The real way to make tweets disappear permanently.

The real “Momo Challenge” is the terror of parenting in the age of YouTube. Here’s the truth of what we know.

Social platforms want to run the world. But look how they treat your email.

Focusing on subtleties makes sense when you’re engaged in a conversation. It may be less useful when that conversation turns into a battle.

Attempts by governments to rein them in might instead have to resemble diplomacy — a cautious search for detente with institutions that ultimately get to set their own laws.

As native advertising gains prominence, publishers may find themselves competing not just with one another, but with the ad agencies that already exist.

Tronc, the rebranded Tribune Publishing, wants to offer 2,000 videos a day, up from about 200 now, and hands-off video production is central to that aim.

As more tech firms employ their own editing staffs, they are being viewed as something less than news organizations, but more than simple reflections of their growing audiences.